Roman Glass Stepped Unguentarium

The goddess modelled standing nude with her hair dressed in loose hanks at the sides and a transverse braid above the brow; left hand raised to one hank of hair, right hand extended with palm open to accept a patera; provincial workmanship; mounted on a custom-made stand. 235 grams total, 12 cm including stand



By repute found UK. From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

With tapering, round-section crescentic body and ribbed suspension loop. 2.24 grams, 18.2 mm



North American collection, 1990s-2000s. Ex property of a Surrey gentleman.

Irregular mosaic fragment of beige, cream and grey tesserae with radiating trumpet-shaped swirls; mounted in a modern rectangular matrix. 33 kg, 76 cm high



Found Gloucestershire, UK. From a collection acquired on the UK art market from various auction houses and collections mostly before 2000. From an important Cambridgeshire estate; thence by descent.

A mosaic found in Cirenchester (insula IX, Chester Street) shows panels defined by a dark blue-grey single fillet with an additional double fillet parallel to it on a longer axis, having an overall scheme of running pelta-pattern. Each pelta is outlined in dark-blue grey and infilled with red, white and dark blue grey at the centre.